I was asked this question recently “I am wanting to create a
simple MySQL database consisting of 5 tables”?

While it’s easy to tell people to RTFM, the question does warrant
an answer for the MySQL beginner to provide a more specific
guidance as to where to start, and what to do. As a expert in
MySQL it’s easy to forget how you would describe what to do. Here
are my tips to getting started.

Step 1. Download the MySQL 5.1 software for your platform (e.g.
Linux, Windows, Mac etc) from MySQL 5.1 Downloads. There are many different
versions of …

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